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From: lipa@POLYA.STANFORD.EDU (William Lipa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Bug in List Manager?
Message-ID: <CMM.0.86.579762519.lipa@polya.stanford.edu>
Date: 16 May 88 05:08:39 GMT
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I am using the List Manager to display a two-dimensional list with single
characters in it. I want the user to be able to select disjoint rectangles
of cells in this list, in the same way that the Finder works when you select
icons with the box while holding down the shift key.

I cannot seem to get this to work. In particular, when you hold the shift key
down and sweep out a rectangle, and then return the cursor to the point where
you originally clicked, the rectangle does not shrink. The selected rectangle
stays stuck at its maximum extent. Inside Mac IV seems to say this should be
possible. On page 266, it says, "...the List Manager expands AND SHRINKS a
selected rectangle that's defined by the mouse location and the 'anchor'...".

Am I doing something wrong, or is it the fault of the List Manager?

Bill Lipa
lipa%polya@forsythe.stanford.edu

PS. This is with the lNoExtend bit set to allow disjoint rectangles.